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“’When people hear about cyber insurance, they often think of business coverage because personal coverage has not traditionally been available to the general public,’ said Mila Araujo, NFP assistant vice president of personal cyber, North America. ‘So we developed a custom, standalone product, specifically for individuals, to respond to our clients’ needs.’” Coverage starts at … Read more
The round was led by major industry investor Bain Capital Tech Opportunities and included Accel. They were joined existing investors including Adelphi Capital Partners, Telecom Ventures, Pelican Ventures and WP Global Partners. Among other services, Blackpoint provides MDR (managed detection and response) and other technology to MSPs and offers a cyber insurance solution. From their … Read more
Industry observers often write about the paucity of historical loss data to help underwrite cyber insurance. Insurtech platforms are helping close the gap by collecting massive amounts of cyber security data to help the industry catch up. Along with more data, major industry players continue to seek executives with cyber insurance expertise. AXIS’ new hire … Read more
“In a new report, CyberCube conducted an analysis of cyber cat events and documented over 100 global cyber aggregation events with catastrophic potential over the past six years – equating to approximately one every three weeks. The vast majority of those events were resolved by the cybersecurity community with minimal financial loss to insurers. However, … Read more
The move expands Cowbell’s focus from companies with up to $250m revenue to those with proceeds reaching $500m. “’We continuously monitored 95% of U.S. SMEs cyber risks for the last four years and have found that there’s a massive gap in cyber protection that is overlooked for this vastly underserved market. The insurability gap for … Read more